diff --git a/zpwrExpandApi.zsh b/zpwrExpandApi.zsh
index e4cc796..ceb0c06 100644
--- a/zpwrExpandApi.zsh
+++ b/zpwrExpandApi.zsh
@@ -58,6 +58,10 @@ function zpwrExpandParseWords(){
                 firstIndex=$((i + 1))
                 break
                 ;;
+            *=*)
+                #remove assignment
+                mywordsleft[$i]=()
+                ;;
             '>'* | '<'* | '&>'*)
                 #remove redirection operator from left words
                 mywordsleft[$i]=()
diff --git a/zsh-expand.plugin.zsh b/zsh-expand.plugin.zsh
index abe9745..7faef8d 100644
--- a/zsh-expand.plugin.zsh
+++ b/zsh-expand.plugin.zsh
@@ -58,21 +58,17 @@ fi
 (){
     local ws='[:space:]'
     local l='[:graph:]'
-    ZPWR_VARS[lvalueRegex]="[$l]+="
     ZPWR_VARS[startQuoteRegex]='(\$''|[\\"''])*'
     ZPWR_VARS[endQuoteRegex]='["'']*'
     local sq=${ZPWR_VARS[startQuoteRegex]}
     local eq=${ZPWR_VARS[endQuoteRegex]}
-    ZPWR_VARS[rvalueRegex]='((\$''|["'']).*["'']|[[:graph:]]*)'
-    ZPWR_VARS[assignRegex]="(${ZPWR_VARS[lvalueRegex]}${ZPWR_VARS[rvalueRegex]}[$ws]+)*"
-    local a=${ZPWR_VARS[assignRegex]}
 
     ZPWR_VARS[blacklistFirstPosRegex]='^(omz_history|grc|_z|zshz|cd|hub|_zsh_tmux_|_rails_|_rake_|mvn-or|gradle-or|noglob |rlwrap ).*$'
 
     ZPWR_VARS[blacklistSubcommandPositionRegex]='^(cargo|jenv|svn|git|ng|pod|docker|kubectl|rndc|yarn|npm|pip[0-9\.]*|bundle|rails|gem|nmcli|brew|apt|dnf|yum|zypper|pacman|service|proxychains[0-9\.]*|zpwr|zm|zd|zg|zinit)$'
     # the main regex to match x=1 \builtin* 'command'* '"sudo"' -* y=2 \env* -* z=3 cmd arg1 arg2 etc
 
-    ZPWR_VARS[continueFirstPositionRegexNoZpwr]="^([$ws]*)${a}((${sq}builtin${eq}[$ws]+)*${sq}${ZPWR_VARS[builtinSkips]}${eq})?([$ws]*)((${sq}[sS][uU][dD][oO]${eq}([$ws]+)(${sq}(-[ABbEHnPSis]+${eq}[$ws]*|-[CghpTu][$ws=]+[$l]*${eq}[$ws]+|--${eq})*)*)*${a}(${sq}[eE][nN][vV]${eq}[$ws]+${sq}(-[iv]+${eq}[$ws]*|-[PSu][$ws=]+[$l]*${eq}[$ws]+|--${eq})*)*${a})*([$ws]*)(.*)$"
+    ZPWR_VARS[continueFirstPositionRegexNoZpwr]="^([$ws]*)((${sq}builtin${eq}[$ws]+)*${sq}${ZPWR_VARS[builtinSkips]}${eq})?([$ws]*)((${sq}[sS][uU][dD][oO]${eq}([$ws]+)(${sq}(-[ABbEHnPSis]+${eq}[$ws]*|-[CghpTu][$ws=]+[$l]*${eq}[$ws]+|--${eq})*)*)*(${sq}[eE][nN][vV]${eq}[$ws]+(${sq}-[iv]+${eq}[$ws]*|-[PSu][$ws=]+[$l]*${eq}[$ws]+|--${eq})*)*)*([$ws]*)(.*)$"
 }